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Featured article: Headache service quality: evaluation of quality indicators in 14 specialist-care centres

"Headache disorders are a major public-health problem. They are common, give rise to widespread ill-health and are the third highest cause of disability worldwide ... Although the scope, character and content of headache practice have changed markedly during recent years, the principal driver has been the introduction of new drugs. While the need for better education of medical professionals has been authoritatively proclaimed as a prerequisite and high priority for improving headache care, adequacy of care in its broadest sense has not tended to engage social awareness. This must change: the concept of service quality needs to take centre-stage in headache care, and become the driver for both headache centres and health-care providers (HCPs) in primary care, who manage most patients with headache."

Featured review: Behavioral management of headache in children and adolescents

"Headache is the most frequent neurological symptom and the most prevalent pain in children and adolescents, and constitutes a serious health problem that may lead to impairment in several areas. Psychosocial factors, social environment, life events, school and family stressors are all closely related to headaches. A multidisciplinary strategy is fundamental in addressing headache in children and adolescents ... The goal of this review is to examine the existing literature on behavioral therapies used to treat headache in children and adolescents, and so provide an up-to-date picture of what behavioral therapy is and what its effectiveness is."

The Greppi Award 2017

The Italian Society for the Study of Headaches (SISC) announces the competition of the Enrico Greppi Award 2017 – 19th Edition. The award will be granted to the best unpublished original paper dealing with clinical, epidemiological, genetic, pathophysiological or therapeutic aspects of headache. The prize amounts to €10,000 and is open to researchers of all nationalities. The 2017 Award is endorsed by the European Headache Federation (EHF). The winner will be invited to present the paper at the 11th European Headache Federation Congress, to be held in Rome on 1 - 3 December 2017.

Editor's quote

"The Journal of Headache and Pain travels full steam ahead as it reaches its 17th year. Its inclusive policy has allowed well-founded new scientific groups to enter in the headache field and to fill the gap between the enormous quantity of patients and the number of scientists dedicated to headache research. The journal has achieved this year an Impact Factor of 3.497, ranking it second in the field of headache research. I want to particularly thank the Editorial Board who have contributed to this great achievement, and most of all the authors who trusted the journal for their publications or have cited the journal elsewhere. A special thanks goes to the affiliated Societies, European Headache Federation and Lifting The Burden." Paolo Martelletti, MD

11th European Headache Federation Congress

Aims and scope

The Journal of Headache and Pain is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the brand SpringerOpen. It is specifically dedicated to researchers involved in all aspects of headache and related pain, including theory, methodology, clinical practice and care. The journal's scope is broad, reflecting the wide application of scientific advances to every branch of headache and related pain management. Within a multidisciplinary perspective, The Journal of Headache and Pain covers headache and related pain syndromes in the following fields: genetics, neurology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, child neuropediatrics, anesthesiology, rheumatology, otology, dentistry, neurotraumatology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, pain management, addiction, public health, and epidemiology.

European Headache Federation School of Advanced Studies

The European Headache Federation School of Advanced Studies (EHF-SAS) aims to support headache science and offers young EU scientists high quality educational activities to enhance their critical spirit and skills to face headache medicine from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The EHF-SAS covers the richness and diversity of headache medicine fields, including basic science, clinical science, and diagnostic science, and places an emphasis on collaborative projects. The European Headache Federation will support its fellows’ activities allowing them to independently build their own plan sided by the EHF-SAS Scientific Committee.

Academic education in headache

The demand for a broad, complete and independent education in Headache Disorders has increased over time. The following international Masters courses guarantee a full coverage of this area of clinical medicine.